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title: Columns.NestingLevel Property (Word)
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- vbawd10.chm155910248
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- Word.Columns.NestingLevel
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ms.date: 06/08/2017
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# Columns.NestingLevel Property (Word)

Returns the nesting level of the specified columns. Read-only  **Long** .


## Syntax

 _expression_ . **NestingLevel**

 _expression_ Required. A variable that represents a **[Columns](columns-object-word.md)** collection.


## Remarks

The outermost table has a nesting level of 1. The nesting level of each successively nested table is one higher than the previous table.


## See also


#### Concepts


[Columns Collection Object](columns-object-word.md)

